And Puig, a lucky loser after Alizé Cornet's late withdrawal, proved this was no flash in the pan, following it up with an equally impressive win over former French Open champ Francesca Schiavone to reach her first ever WTA quarterfinal - something she was understandably pretty happy about:

Talking of which, Maria Sharapova, who as a bid ambassador helped bring the Games to Sochi, hopes the event will put the Black Sea resort where she spent her formative years on the map.

"I'm very happy that we'll have the Olympics," she said. "When I'd just flown to America, I told everyone that I was from Sochi. No one knew about it. I hope the Olympics will change that, and that everyone will get to know another of Russia's wonderful cities."

CongratulationsWhile this has apparently been common knowledge for some time, if you've been wondering why Kateryna Bondarenko has gone AWOL of late, it's because her and husband Denis are expecting the latest addition to the Bondarenko clan.

"I can't say everyone recognizes me - and also there are a couple million people with the same name as me," Li said. "The funny thing is they can say Li Na was in TIME Magazine, but some people will ask, 'Which Li Na?' Even in the Olympics there were other athletes with the same name as me, one in cycling, one in diving - so whenever they would put 'Li Na' in their coverage, they would also write which sport!"